– Flora Ugwunwa won gold in the F54
javelin event at the Paralympics
– Nigeria now has seven gold medals and
10 medals overall in the games
– Ugwunwa broke the world record and
Paralympic record with her throw
Nigeria’s Flora Ugwunwa has increased
Nigeria’s gold medal haul at the ongoing Rio
Olympics with a world record breaking
performance in the F54 Javelin throw on
Day 6.
Flora Ugunwa with her medal
Making of Champions report that the 32-
year old broke Tunisian Hania Aidi’s World
Record (WR) of 18.86m set at the IPC World
Championships in Doha last year.
Ugwunwa furthered the mark by almost 2m,
throwing an impressive 20.25m in her third
attempt.
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Her throw also broke Liwan Yang’s
Paralympic Record (PR) of 17.89m set at the
London Games four years ago.
Aidi who took silver set a Personal Best (PB)
of 18.88m to take Silver, while South
Africa’s Ntombizanele Situ won the Bronze
medal with a PB of 17.90m. Former PR
holder Yang finished in 4th place with a
17.52m throw.
Ugwunwa’s win takes Nigeria’s tally of GOLD
medals to seven, and is the country’s tenth
medal overall at the Rio 2016 Paralympic
Games.

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